SPRINGFIELD – Firefighters used a scissor-lift Thursday morning to rescue a construction worker who suffered an apparent head injury while working in an elevated confined space at Springfield Technical Community College.

The accident was reported shortly before 7:45 a.m. in a utility room at One Armory Square, said Dennis Leger, aide to Commissioner Joseph Conant.

The victim, trapped some 15 to 20 feet above the floor, was conscious throughout the rescue, Leger said.

Rescue workers used a scissor-lift on the premises to get to the man, and they strapped him into the rescue basket to get him down.